Virginia Pine, Jersey Pine, Scrub Pine Scientific Name: Pinus virginiana
Description: A pictureesque, rugged tree of straggling, irregular outline 20-45' or in advantageous circumstances 100' high with a trunk diameter of 3'. The rough trunk is a dull brown or sepia brown, with a grayish cast; bark with thin plates in perpendicular ridges, shortly and sharply severed, the branches scragged, often showing the tan-colored inner bark.
Habitat: Barren and sandy land.
Range: From Long Island, New York west to southern Indiana.
Type: Tree Source:Field Book of American Trees and Shrubs by F. Schuyler Mathews
Photograph: Chris Evans, University of Georgia from www.forestryimages.org. |
